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PENCIL 0R GRAYON HOLDER.

No. 324,764. Patented Aug. '18, 1885.

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PENCIL OR CRAYON HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 324,764, dated August 18, 1885.

Application filed May 7, 1885. (No model.) Patented in Germany August 12, 1883, No. 27,318; in France October 14, 1883, No. 158,520, and in AustriaHungary December 12, 1853, No. 41,607 and No. 55,733.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK Fnonscnnrs, of Nuremberg, Germany, have invented a new and Improved Crayon-Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in that class of crayonholders in which the crayon is released by pressing on the butt end of the holder and is held as soon as said pressure is removed.

The invention consists in the combination, with a tube for holding the crayon, of a sliding tube acting on spring-jaws which hold the crayon, as will be fully set forth hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side view of my improved crayou-holder. Fig. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional elevation of the same, parts being broken out. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal view of the inner sliding tube. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal view of the tapered end piece. Fig. 5 is a-detail side view of the jaws and the crayon-holding tube.

The crayon A is held loosely in the tube B, having an external bead or annular rib, O, on its lower end. This bead passes into curved or bent parts D of jaws D, having their lower parts, D", serrated or roughened and the upper parts, D curved, springs I being secured to the inner sides of the parts D and resting against the tube B. The said springs I press the serrated parts D of the jaws against the crayon A, whereby the latter is held.

The tube B is surrounded by a larger tube, M, which has its lower end flared slightly and rested on the upper ends of the curved parts D of the jaws D, and having a cap, I, soldered or otherwise secured to its upper end.

A tube, R, of wood or other material, surrounds the tube M, and to its lower end a tapered nozzle or end piece, S, is secured,which has an annular outwardly-projecting hollow parts D of the jaws D rest, and whereby the lower end of the tube B is held in place.

By pressing on the cap Pthe upper ends of the jaws D are pressed toward the tube B, the springs I are compressed, and the toothed parts D of the jaws D are moved from the crayon A, which is released and can slide out of the tube.

As soon as the pressure is removed from the cap P the springs I press the toothed parts D of the levers against the crayon, which is thus held, and at the same time push the tube M and cap I upward or from the end of the easing or tube R.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In acrayon-holder, the combination,with a tube for receiving the crayon, of jaws mounted to swing slightly on the ends of the tube, which jaws have gripping-surfaces for gripping the lead or crayon, a sliding tube surrounding the crayonholding tube and resting on said jaws, and a tube or casing surrounding the sliding tube, which outer tube or casing is provided with an end piece, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. In a crayon-holder, the eombination,with the tube B, having the bead O, of the jaws D, mounted to swing slightly on the said bead, which jaws are adapted to grip and hold a crayon passed into the tube B, springs I, acting on the jaws, the sliding tube M, surrounding the tube B, and the tube or casing R, surrounding the tube M, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. Inacrayon-holder, the combination, with the tube B, having a bead, O, on one end, of the jaws D, mounted to swing slightly on said tube and having bends D, the springs I, projecting from the inner sides of the jaws, the tubes M and R, and the end pieces, S, having a bead, T, or offset, substantially as herein shown and described. v FREDERICK FROESOHEIS. Witnesses:

G. HENRY HORSTMANN, WM. ESSENWEIN. 

